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Job overview

The Urology services of Northern Care alliance are evolving toward a fully integrated single service. Currently the service is based on two hubs which are Royal Oldham Hospital (NCA East) and Salford Royal Hospital (NCA West). The service supports a population of approximately 800,000 and provides most subspecialty work for this population.

This post is for a Consultant Urological Surgeon to be based at The Royal Oldham Hospital (elective in-patients and on-call) with clinical commitments at Rochdale Infirmary (day case and diagnostics). The post holder may be required to work on other trust sites as per the directorate needs or the incumbent’s subspecialist interest.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide demonstrable expertise in Urology in order to deliver a high-quality independent service.

The post holder will be expected to work closely with other consultants and members of the wide multi-disciplinary team to develop Urology services for the local population of approximately  800,000.

The appointment to this post has these main aims:

• To join a team that provides comprehensive consultant-based patient-centred Management of Urology.
• To contribute to the continuing development of the department throughout a period of significant change for the directorate
• The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the Department.
• To examine and treat patients on the shop floor of the Department.
• To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
• To carry out ward rounds
• To carry out hot week and in reach services to ensure that all our patients have a timely senior review and management plan.
• To participate in an out of hours on call rota and 7-day ward reviews.
• Participate in a rota which triages urgent and routine referrals to maximise outpatient capacity.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/